Fracture toughness for CNT specimens from numerically obtained critical CTOD values

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Wu, F W ^a   Ibrahim, R N ^a   Das, R ^b   Raman, R K Singh ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CNT; Critical CTOD; Elasto plastic finite element analysis; Fracture toughness (KIC)

Indexed keywords

CNT; CRITICAL CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT; CRITICAL CTOD; ELASTO-PLASTIC; ELASTO-PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; MODE I FRACTURE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION;

CRACK TIPS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLASTICS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 69249242925     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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